I'm not exactly sure what this thread is saying, but I will go ahead and stick my opinion in it anyway!
I know that the "mule" thread got a little out of hand, but I'm not blaming anyone because everyone made good points. PM_Mama might have been a little blunt in what she said, but I do agree in part with her. I don't like to hear people whine and blame others for their failure to keep a job, get into the school they want, be as rich as the neighbors, etc, etc. I don't care what color, race, creed, nationality, or whatever you are; I just would rather see you try to make something of yourself instead of b*tching about it. As far as the issue at hand goes, I am not saying that all of the issues African Americans have are not legitimate, because in some cases there really is discrimination and whatnot and we don't need that, so I don't mind if people are vocal about that. But in my own experience, and I repeat IN MY OWN EXPERIENCE (I know this does not apply to everyone), the African Americans who have strongly argued for reparations were the ones who would rather blame their problems on others who lived a hundred years ago than try to change the situation. But please don't scream at me for saying this, because I know this probably only describes a handful of people. I personally don't really agree with the reparations idea, simply because it's so hard to put a price on it. But I don't think we should forget our mistakes, slavery being one, and I'm really sorry it happened. I just think we ought to move forward. And as someone else said, why can't we all just get along??
